Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 85, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 29 April 1947 — Page 1

SHOWERS Indiana: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Warmer tonight. VOL. XLIX No. 85 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, APR. 29, 1947. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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ident of the United Mine Workers, sat down at the conference table with the soft coal operators today for the first

time in nearly a year to talk The meeting was the first in a series that may determine whether there will be another coal strike on July 1, Accompanied by some twenty United Mine Workers district presidents and union attorneys, Lewis entered the governmentsponsored negotiations without a word to reporters. Coal Administrator N. H. Collison told the miners and the operators at the outset that the government will return the mines to private industry by June 30 or earlier, if a new contract is signed. But he emphasized that the government does not intend to ask for extension of its authority to hold the seized mines. This authority expires on June. 30. Local Officials Attend SIAC Meeting Monday Principal H. C. Gilmore, and Coaches Gordon Keck, Bill Jones, Gabor Takats and Al Callahan, and Homer Murray, of the Times, attended the Spring meeting of the S.I.A.C. at Washington last night. " ' . V L. V. Phillips, commissioner of the I.H.S.A.A. explained some ' of the proposals that the board of commissioners will vote on at the next meeting. The conference discussed at length plans for simplifying the method of choosing the conference football championship, and auer consiaerauie discussion, xnu members voted to try to set up some sort of a rotating schedule, to equalize playing schedule, and j i x l - i . a i i : uie leams vo ue mev uy uie van- . ous scnoois. ix was aeciaeq. xnax the football coaches meet in ' Vincennes next Monday for an all day session to try to work out a schedule that will be acceptable to most of the conference. The S.I.A.C. voted to endorse the proposals that Mr. Phillips explained, with the principals doing the voting. One of the ideas would abolish spring football practice, a proposal that most of the football coaches opposed. Mrs. Hallie Ward Dies In Michigan Monday Morning Mrs. Hallie Knowles Ward, age 62, died yesterday morning at Pontiac, Michigan. She was born and reared near Pleas'antville but had made her home in Pontiac for the past several years. I Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Schlichter of Pontiac, Michigan; a son, Carl Ward of Spencer, Indiana; two sisters, Misses Cordia : and . Callie Knowles of Spencer. The body was brought to the Schulze Funeral Home at Carlisle. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock at the Carlisle Methodist Church with the Rev. John Sutch officiating. Burial will be in t,he I.O.O.F, cemetery. Mrs. Guy Shephard Dies Monday In Indianapolis Mrs. Guy Shephard, former resident of Oaktown and Vincennes, died at her home in Indianapolis Monday morning. She is survived by a daughter, Mi's. Helen Gona of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held "Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 J o'clock at the Church of Christ , in Vincennes with the Rev. Ray Montgomery officiating. Burial will be at Oaktown. The Schulze Funeral Home is . in charge of. arrangements. i

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(UP) John L. Lewis, pres new contract terms. WASHINGTON, April 29 (UP) Senator Arthur Vandenberg, chief Republican spokesman for foreign policy, lined up solidly behind Secretary of State George C. Marshall today, blaming Russia for the' failure of the Mbscow Foreign Ministers Conference. . Supporting Marshall's position that a peace treaty for Germany and . Russia cannot wait the "compromise through exhaustion" suggested by Premier Stalin. , Peace lagged because the Soviet insisted "upon demands which America and her other allies cannot 'accept," Vandenberg said in a statement. His (views echo those of Marshall in his radio report to the nation on the unsuccessful Moscow Conference. In the Senate, , meanwhile. Re publican" leaders Went ahead with i plans to pass' union curbing legislation on the theory that ii President Truman vetos it, he will have to take the political i consequences, if any. ':)' Chairman Robert A; Taft, of the Senate labor committee,.; pre dieted passage for 'four control amendments to a bill now being debated. He said he could not" see why the President would want to yeto them Some senators want to split the legislation up into several parts in order to assure that a measure or some sorx wouia escape a presidential veto and become law. Taft rejected- this argument. Waterfowl Service Plans Chicago Duck Session INDIANAPOLIS, April 29. Indiana Department of Conservation' officials testified at the first in a series of public waterfowl conferences on seasons and bag limits sponsored by the Fish and Wildlife Service today in Chicago. John H. Nigh, department di rector, said the department was asked by D. H. Janzen, regional I director of the service, to testify regarding the decline in ducks and geese throughout the Mississippi flyway at th,e first in a series of conferences to be held in 11 key cities throughout the J nation. . Today's meeting, in the Academy of Science Auditorium, was exclusively for officials of . game departments and national conser vation organizations. Tomorrow, April 30, representatives of Conservation clubs and interested individuals may appear at a public meeting. ' Nigh said flight checks this spring indicated only 54 million ducks returned north, a decline of 36 million from the fall migration. Geese snowed a similar decline. BASEBALL GAME POSTPONED The baseball game scheduled for this afternoon between Gerstmeyer Tech of Terre Haute and the Sullivan Golden Arrows has been postponed because of rain. No date for the game has been set, although there is a possibility that the game will be played Thursday. .. i

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WASHINGTON, April 29 (UP) The House rules commit tee today again postponed action to clear the way for floor consideration of the $400,000,000 aid program, for Greece and Turkey bill, after hearing an opponent denounce it as a "military inter vention" measure.' Representative : Lawrence C. Smith, R., Wis., the only member of the House foreign affairs committee who signed a . minority report on the measure, told the rules committee that the bill inexcusably bypasses the. United Nations. Several members of the rules committee agreed with him. More Property To Be Taxed Under Court Decision INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.,' April 29 Added revenue from taxes levied on property heretofore not assessed will provide county treasuries with needed monies according to the Indiana Taxpayers Association. The ITA has informed all county auditors and assessors throughout the state of a recent decision by the United States Supreme Court. The court upheld an Indiana law which provides for taxing property owned by fraternal, educational, benevolent and other groups at prevailing rates if it comes in direct competition with privately-owned property. The ITA revealed that many lodges, religious, and charitable organizations, under a 1919 law which exempted from . taxation the real property of such groups, acquired , buildings and . real estate of great value for renting or leasing for business purposes. The 1919 Act was amended by the Indiana General Assembly in 1937 exempting only such property as was actually owned and occupied and used exclusively by the owners for educational, religious," charitable .and like purposes. The 1937 arriendment : gave owners until .March ' 1,'. 1944 -" to change -their ' - investments', and dispose ' of their . holdings. '.'- ' The ITA is urging taxing "officials, to' list property affectedly the decision so ;that in -the future, such t property " bears-K 'its-v fair share of the tax" burden. V BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schultz of Indianapolis announce . . the birth of a son born at the Coleman Hospital there. Mjrs. Schultz is the former Hester Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hinkle Graham of Sullivan. "Crusade". Over HOME from Europe and what he terms his "peace crusade," Henry Wallace, former vice-president and arch New Dealer, deplanes at jVashingtoa (Internationall

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TRUMAN APPEALS FOR PRICE REDUCTION WASHINGTON. April 2?. (UP) President Truman appealed directly to business men to "reduce prices wherever possible at all levels." " i

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United States Chamber of Commerce, the President aske

the delegates for all possible aid in "dispelling the inflationary cloud now hanging over us," His message was read by Presidential Assistant John RSteelman. '

SEEK BRITISH PLEDGE LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., April 29. (UP) The Arab States and India, supported by .Russia, launched an offensive in the United Nations today, seeking to win a pledge that Great Britain will carry out whatever Palestine solution the

United Nations proposes. REVOLT BATAVIA, April 29. sources reported tonight that

Western Java have revolted against the Indonesian Republic and that heavy fighting is going on.

AIRLINER MISSING IN CANADA VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 29. (UP) A Trans-Canada Airline plane with fifteen persons aboard d;sappeared last night two minutes before it was scheduled to land here. I The Lockheed Lodestar, en route from Lethbridge to Vancouver, was to have landed here at 11:13 p. m. (PST). Less than two minutes before the landing time, the plane ra

dioed that it was 7,000 feet over! the west edge of the Vancouver range, and then nothing more was heard from the plane.

MISTRIAL DEMAND OVERRULED WASHINGTON, April 29.: (UP) A defense attorney

in the Andrew J. May corruption case angrily demanded a

mistrial today, but was overruled. The flare-up occurred when a prosecution witness quoted a conversation he once had with the former Kentucky Congressman's son, Andrew J. May, Jr., now dead. May is being tried on a charge of selling: his services to the giant wartime munitions combine operated by Dr. Henry

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REVISE TEXAS CITY DEATH LIST TEXAS CITY, Texas, April 29. (UP) The American

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Texas City disaster now stands at 461, "with more bodies continuing to be found in the rubble." Meanwhile, the Department of Public Safety and Identification Bureau listed 302 persons as st'll missing making the potential toll of dead thirteen days after the disaster 763 persons.- --. " - '-. .:i.X.:':'-:r

Many Guests Attend Rotary , Meeting Monday v , The , Rotary Club entertained a number pf; out-of-town guets. at its weekly luncheon at vthe; Davis J Hotel .'MQnaay. Jack iadar was -prqgram Jchajjrman for.;theyiekr,-1 ana?JDr. Alleji D. Albert,' pi. 'er$e ijautei wasi the speaker ' for the pVogram. f .'i-V Kl ' Among out-of town-'members were the following from Terre Haute: Clarence A. Pound, V. R. McMillan, W. L. White, C. L. Shideler, Shannon Katzenback, Harold Scott, Hugh B. Lee, Ben White Jr., Mike Scollard, C. F. Tygret, Joe Quinn, F. B. Forsyth, Harold Napier, Cliff McCormick, and Roy Bruner. , Paul Kiehn and Frank Barth from Vincennes attended, as did the following from Linton: Clem I Hux, Wilson Hixon, Francis j Haseman, and Roy Borders. Biitler U. Plans Honor Service For War Dead INDIANAPOLIS, April 29 Memorial services and ceremonies dedicating a bronze plaque in honor of Butler University's ninety-two World War II dead will be held Thursday, May 1, at 11 a. m. in Sweeney phapel of the School of Religion building, President M. O. Ross announced yesterday. The services also will honor the local school's two thousand and ninety-four sons and- daughters who were in the armed forces during the late war. Following the dedication ceremonies, the memorial plaque will be placed inside the main entrance of the Arthur Jordan Memorial hall along with plaques honoring Butler's dead from the Civil War and World War I. The local school lost thirteen men during the Civil War and twelve men during the first World War. Memorial services are being arranged by three faculty members, all veterans of the last war. They include Prof. L. Gray Burdin, chairman of the Mpn's Council, Navy; George A. Schumacker, alumni secretary, Army; and John T. Barnett, assistant to the president, Navy.

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- fifth annual convention of th IN JAVA (UP) Informed Indonesian 200,000 armed Sun Dan Dse in i ' tabulation of the dead in the Rev. Jennings To Aid In Plans For ' National Meeting '. K ' ;' '.Tlie Rev. Thomas MjJnnirigs will go to Indianapolis next week - & - i - ..-.I.- -to help make- plans -lor, the national convention? oiitate chaplains ""ot the, 'American Legion, to bheldfM21adV22':-. , The Rev. Jennings.is , chaplain for the Departmerftof i-' Indiana, and as such will act as host for the other forty-eight chaplains. In addition to state chaplains, all former. national chaplains are invited to attend, and each state chaplain is asked to bring one other clergyman from his state who served in either World War I or World War II. One of the highlights of the conference will be the presenta tion of the detailed plan of American Legion participation of tne repaxriation of American World War II dead. Succeeds Acheson? Eobert A. Lovctt CAPITAL observers report Presljdent Truman will name Robert A. lLovett, former assistant war secretary for air, to succeed Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson. jwr Is resigning to return to hia law practice. Lovett Is a New iXprk banker, ' (International):

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A FORMER manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, Bert Shotton (above) has been chosen to succeed Leo "Lippy" Durocher as manager ol the Brooklyn Dodgers. The lattei was recently suspended for a year by baseball Commissioner "Happy" Chandler. (International WASHINGTON, April 29. (UP) A new government effort to end the 23-day-old telephone strike ran into a stone wall today as the American Telephone and Telegraph Company refused to go along with the union demand for some kind of a wage offer. Robert Creasey, vice president of the long lines affiliate of the National Federation of Telephone Workers, left the bargaining session with the charge that the "company refused to bargain." . George S. Brings assistant vice president of the long lines division, denied the charge. "Creasey demanded that we make a cash offer on a wage boosts. Bring ; told reporters. "We countered by..telling him that we are ready to arbitrate. We don't consider a refusal to make a cash offer as a refusal to bargain' He said that, Creasey. had talked in terms of a $6' a 'week or a fifteen-cent-an-hoiir pay boost. Federal; Conciliator 'William N. Marolis'sald he recessed the joint session;' after,, only ajhalf hour be-j cause ,oi . me iirm position . xaxen by. each side on -the' wage fques tion. He said he would fesume separate sessions in an effort to get them back together again. William Pergal Funeral Rites To Be Thursday Funeral services for William H. Pergal Sr. will be held at the Mt. Mloriah church at 2 p. m. Thursday. The Rev. Sam Tuttle and the Rev. Harry Karns will be in charge of the services. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The Linton Spanish-American war veterans will be in charge of services at the cemetery. Mr. Pergal was a Spanish-American War veteran. The body will lie in state at the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville until 4 p. m. Wed nesday when it will Be removed ! to the residence on Dugger route one. y I. U. Men's Choir To Give Program Here On May 20 The Indiana University Men's Concert Choir will present a program in Sullivan at the high school auditorium on Tuesday, May 20., The Delta Theta Tau Sorority will sponsor the program of varied music. The program is scheduled to start at 8 p. m. The choir is under the direction of Prof. R. Wayne Hugoboom, who is the director of choral music at Indiana . University. Prof. Hugoboom was a guest conductor at the Music Festival which was held at the Community Gym the early part of March. Tickets for the concert will be on sale, and they can be purchased from any member of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority.

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Secretary Of State Hints United States Will Not Wait For Next Meeting Of Foreign Ministers To Settle Problems In Western Europe Arid Germany. WASHINGTON, April 29. (UP) The Soviet Russia received another American warning today that the United States is through with appeasement and "agreement for agreement's sake."

HOUSE IVES 10 CONTINUE RENT GDNTROL

WASHINGTON, April 29 (UP) The House rules committee today cleared the way for early House action on legislation to extend rent control without a general increase . for at Jeast the remainder of this year. The committee granted an open rule, however. This 'means that amendments may be considered. Several amendments are In prospect including one for a general 10 per cent increase. Another, by Representative Frederick C. Smith, R.K Ohio, would discontinue rent control altogether when the present law expires on June 30. In other House action, the Representatives voted- to slash $150,000,000 from the $350,000,000 general foreign relief program asked by President Truman. The vote was 156 to 138. . The action will . be submitted to Mother "vote later.' -.,7'-. The amendment to cut the relief program down to $200,000,000 was offered by Representative Bartel J. Jonkman, R., Mich. He contended that was more than ample to take care of the needs until a European crop was harvested. :: " All Lights Go Red MANCHESTER (UP) All traffic lights; on the main street of Manchester -will, turn red when a

firealarmsoB.pds in the future. I await, protracted ' and;Hnt'ermiriTraffip oif Elm' Street and all in- aDle debate, among ,r the , great terseojionsjwill be halted as soon powers. - .!?' V. ( ' i .'

as an'lafm comes in, by an op erator at;"the Central Station, who can control all lights by pushing a button. Just Absent-Minded BROCKTON, Mass. (UP) Another "stolen" automobile case was solved when Frank J. Luizzi walked into police neaaquarters and said to the desk sergeant: "You know that car I reported stolen three weeks ago? Well, I just remembered I sold it the day before I reported it missing from my yard." ! Who'll Get Gem? Mrs. McLean and diamond. WHAT Is to become of the fabulous Hope diamond, "trade mark" (of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, Washington, D. society leader jwho died of pneumonia In her: : capital home? Reportedly turning down an offer of $2,000,000 for the superb gem, Mrs. McLean ; had told friends she would not leave lt to a member of her I family. . . (International)

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Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivered the warning in emphasizing anew the need for early peace treaties for Germany and Austria. He disagrees with Generalissimo Joseph Stalin that the war-weary world can wait until the diplomats reach "compromise through exhaustion." Secretary Marshall did not indicate what action he contemplates next, but he hinted the United States will not stand still until the foreign ministers make another try in New York and London next Fall. That was the keynote of Marshall's radio address to the people last night on the unsuccessful Moscow Conference for Foreign Ministers. Three obvious moves are open to him: 1. To intensify with the British the merger of their two occupational zones of Germany in an effort to put at least that portion of Germany on a self-supporting basis. 2. To speed up implementation of the "Truman Doctrine" aimed to prevent the spread of Communism. . 3. To continue trying to woo France into the Anglo-American camp for joint development of Western Germany. ' ' In. his speech last night, Marshall revealed that Stalin had predicted that 'Russia 'and ihe United States could 'reach agreement on Germany, but only after protracted negotiations and on compromises based on the exhaustion of the negotiators. Marshall warned that time was running out for - a, -German and European settlement. , With a flat declaration that ..the -United States would, never compromise 'oij prinr ciples merely !fojr a Gerrnan set('tlement,' he .said -that th$ fate'-of ihe'conoueredReich could f'not Naval Reserve Recruiting Unit Here This Week The Naval Reserve traveling recruiting unit of Indiana, under the direction of Lt, Comdr. John S- Danner Jr-) wiU be in Sullivan Wednesday and Thursday, April 30 and May j. An- office wiu be set Ud in the citv hall, between the hours of 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. Qualified applicants will be enlisted in the V-6 program of the Naval Reserve for inactive duty. Those eligible for enlistment include all World War II veterans, ex-Waves (V-10), and non-veterans between the ages of 17 and 40. Members of the inactive reserve are not required to attend drills, or meetings, or make cruises unless they request to do so. A veteran enrolling in the V-6 program , is still entitled to , all the benefits under the GI Bill of Rights. The length of time required to enroll a veteran is fifteen minutes. Jack Keenan Hurt In Accident At Slope Mine Jack Keenan, Sullivan resident, was admitted to the Mai Sherman Hospital here last night where he received treatment for a crushed right knee suffered around 7:15 p. m. in the Jonay slope mine, northeast of the city. Keenan was injured when a safety valve flew off of the. mine machinery on which he was working and struck his knea. Otha Tincher, Shelburn, working with him, was dealt contusions cf a minor nature. He continued on the job.